Buildings and structures of American railroads. A reference book for railroad managers, superintendents, master mechanics, engineers, architects, and students (1893)
Berg, Walter Gilman, 1858-1908 · New York Wiley · leaf 454
o the main trusses of the train-shed. Thelower end of these vertical tru.sses is supported by a horizontal truss, 14 ft. 6 in. deep, running across thetrain-shed and carrying the strain from wind-pressure to the end main truss at the top of the first section. TERMINAL PASSENGER DEPOTS. 417 In each… … chord of the end main truss. The end truss itself is finished with a corrugated-iron covering, panelled tocorrespond to the panels of the truss, and with false verticals and diagonals on the outer s.de, g.v.ng theappearance of a truss from the exterior. 418 BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES OF AMERICAN…
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